Guidelines on Solid Waste Management Policy Implementation in Local Administrative Organizations, Muang Loei District, Loei Province

Abstract

         The objectives of the research were to study the success of solid waste management policy implementation, to study the factors influencing the success of solid waste management policy implementation, and  to study the recommendations on the implementation of solid waster management policies. The study was conducted through the mixed method research (MMR), the quantitative approach and the qualitative approach. The sample group was a total of 400 people, selected by Taro Yamane’s sample size calculating formula. The research instrument used for data collection was the questionnaire. The statistics used for data analysis comprised the frequency distribution, percentage, arithmetic mean,  standard deviation, and the stepwise regression analysis. The in-depth interview was used to collect the qualitative data from fifteen key informants, purposively selected; the content analysis and the descriptive analytics were utilized.
          The research findings were as follows : 1. The success of Solid Waste management policy implementation in terms of the policy effectiveness and the reward of clean province was found to be totally at a high level. 2. Factors influencing the success of Solid Waste management policy implementation were descendingly ordered as follows: the policy standard (Beta= 0.911), followed by the policy objective (Beta = 0. 844). The Adjust R Square was equal to 0.826 (82.6O%) with the statistically significant level of 0. 05. 3. The recommendations on the implementation of solid waste management policies comprised the promotion of solid waste management participation; the perception, campaign, and public relations of solid waste selection; and the measurement and support of solid waste management in the community to achieve in reality.